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By Sandra Spangler
January 18, 2010
January 18, 2010
Who Are the Funders? Connecting the Dots
Massachusetts residents are reporting that the political advertising for Scott Brown has saturated the state, so much so that you will see his face everywhere you turn on the street on television and newspaper ads. Polls show that Brown, a relatively unknown state Senator, with a middle-of-the-road voting record, has pulled within striking distance of Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley in the last few days?
Scott Brown, no longer the moderate, is openly proclaiming that he will be the 41st vote AGAINST Healthcare Reform. He's joined the ranks of the establishment Republicans by bragging that he will oppose the financial tax, President Obama has proposed to rein in the too-big-to-fail banks. He's telling the unemployed around Massachusetts that he will vote to stop big spending to fix the economy and bring jobs to Massachusetts.
Support seems to be swinging to Brown from independents and blue collar workers. His supporters seem compelled by his ordinary man stump speeches that have enhanced his political appeal and hardened opinion that this guy is just like them. Grass roots anti-tax populists aren't hearing Brown's pro Wall-Street messages and don't seem aware that the Tea Party movement has been hijacked by the Republican party establishment.
Wall Street and mainstream Republican money is pouring into the state to fund a mega-media blitz. Democrats rallied the base with a visit yesterday by President Obama at Northeastern University, but Democrats on the ground report that they have seen nothing like the imbalance in news and media coverage favoring the Republican. That the Democrats are fighting hard in a blue state with a 3-1 Democratic vs. Republican registration shows that Obama's agenda in Congress is on the line. This critical race shows the power of money to alter the public perception in just a few days.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
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